My IoB post has attracted the most ever comments along the lines of "why is this so long, tldr <favorite compression>". It's interesting. Kinda fascinating. We've been in tldr/compression mode so long, we've forgotten that elaboration has its own motivating logic and demand.
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This post is in the old refactored-perceptions style rather than the new constructions-in-magical-thinking style. The modus operandi *is* to elaborate along a new vector after compressing along an old one.
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An episode of Rick and Morty (froopyland) plays this tension for laughs, where Rick and Beth figure out what's happened in a telegraphic 10 second exchange, but the other characters in the situation *still* lay it all out in detail
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For a decade+ I've been writing things smart people have been complaining is "too long" and that I should shorten to broaden appeal. The compression fetishists genuinely don't get that there's a type of reader out there who likes a sort of tapestry of implications rolled out
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The elaboration *is* the game. Just like every Hallmark Christmas romance movie has the same tweet-length plot, but an entire business exists based on people watching hours of the stuff
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K Retweeted Venkatesh Rao
The hallmark reference instantly made remember this tweet. https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1210065991033442305?s=19 … While searching for this tweet again, I saw you have been tweeting about hallmark for quite some time.
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Venkatesh Rao @vgrNext year I need to line up alt tv marathon to pre-empt this hallmark Christmas movie marathon I’m being subjected to this year, third in a row. Last two years I tolerated it, but this year I feel some cognitive bones cracking. THEY’RE ALL EXACTLY THE SAME AND AWFUL.Show this thread1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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I saw one in December about an investment banker that had to check a ranch profitability. I mute myself out of respect to my
when I watch hallmark shows starting in November.... The men sweaters etc.0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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